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else's religion over my religion. chris and this is a 0 sum game. if the government isn't celebrating recognizing legion at all then you are denigrating religion. i tend to disagree with that. i think actually there is a middle ground where the government can be neutral about religious issues, not disparaging religion on one side but also not promoting religion on the other side. one thing we have to keep in mind as we are the most religiously diverse nation on earth. as many as 1600 different faith groups and religious traditions within the united states. more muslims in america than presbyterians, episcopalians, baptists, catholics and methodists. they are right there. we are seeing of great religious diversity within this nation and we need to ensure that no one feels they are not a full participant for citizen because of their religious beliefs. that is quite easy for me as a protestant to say. no one should be offended by certain representations of my face because to me it is normal and so accepted but there are
else's religion over my religion. chris and this is a 0 sum game. if the government isn't celebrating recognizing legion at all then you are denigrating religion. i tend to disagree with that. i think actually there is a middle ground where the government can be neutral about religious issues, not disparaging religion on one side but also not promoting religion on the other side. one thing we have to keep in mind as we are the most religiously diverse nation on earth. as many as 1600 different...
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, press, assembly, religion. freedom to immigrate. think about that. when ronald reagan was president, everybody behind the iron curtain last the freedom to integrate. you couldn't go over the iron curtain. the secretary of defense anytime i ever mentioned the iron curtain to an audience, he said this to me shortly before he died if you're going to be around longer than me, do me a favor. any time you mentioned the berlin wall as your audience is one question. in whicquestion. in which correction to the east german guards who control the berlin wall in which direction they point their gun class east. on their own people. you're talking t to secretary defends the walls are built to keep the enemy from invading. this was a wall to keep people that wanted to be free from leaving. it had borrowed why you're over top. peter robertson that growth the tear down this wall speech, when he was pairing to write a speech there was gravel and it was fair so that a footprint seen there the night before because one of the germa
, press, assembly, religion. freedom to immigrate. think about that. when ronald reagan was president, everybody behind the iron curtain last the freedom to integrate. you couldn't go over the iron curtain. the secretary of defense anytime i ever mentioned the iron curtain to an audience, he said this to me shortly before he died if you're going to be around longer than me, do me a favor. any time you mentioned the berlin wall as your audience is one question. in whicquestion. in which...
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reagan talked about freedom of religion, religious tolerance. we have a first amendment freedom can, speech, press, assembly, religion. the freedom to emigrate. think about that. when reagan was president, everybody behind the iron curtain lacked the freedom to emigrate. you couldn't, you know, you couldn't go over the iron iron curtainment reagan's secretary of defense, cap weinberger, anytime they ever mentioned the iron curtain to an audience, he said this to me about a year before he died, you're going to be around longer than me. do me a favor, anytime you mention berlin wall, ask your audience this one question: in which direction did the east german guards who patrolled the wall, in which direction did they point their guns? right? east. on their own people. he said, you're talking to a former secretary of defense. walls are usually built to keep an enemy from invading. this was a wall to keep people who wanted to be free from leaving. it had barbed wire over the top of it. peter robinson, who wrote the tear down this wall speech said he
reagan talked about freedom of religion, religious tolerance. we have a first amendment freedom can, speech, press, assembly, religion. the freedom to emigrate. think about that. when reagan was president, everybody behind the iron curtain lacked the freedom to emigrate. you couldn't, you know, you couldn't go over the iron iron curtainment reagan's secretary of defense, cap weinberger, anytime they ever mentioned the iron curtain to an audience, he said this to me about a year before he died,...
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writing with tom, i was a war correspondent and i have been to iraq, afghanistan, darfur, and when religion isn't involved, these fights are all over land. so there has to be land c conflict. if the world came together, we mind need outside force. so that is probably not the answer you were looking for, but i don't know how else to put it. >> i have to apologize, i haven't read the book, but listening to your presentation, when you talk about the sioux, you mentioned the seven council fires and they divide up into three divisions, with the tee-time being one which has seven subdivisions and i hope you put that into book. and listening to you talk about the mutilation and the scalpings and it sounded line a common practice. bus this was something that was imposed upon them as well. [inaudible talk] >> i don't know what you mean by imposed upon. >> i mean exactly what you are saying -- >> the american indians were doing this to each other before they met others. >> anyways, the way you said it made it sound like we were the only ones doing it. and then also, it is great that you give credit t
writing with tom, i was a war correspondent and i have been to iraq, afghanistan, darfur, and when religion isn't involved, these fights are all over land. so there has to be land c conflict. if the world came together, we mind need outside force. so that is probably not the answer you were looking for, but i don't know how else to put it. >> i have to apologize, i haven't read the book, but listening to your presentation, when you talk about the sioux, you mentioned the seven council...
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that press release also said, "mumia ab abu-jamal's death sentence are religionics of a time and place that was notorious for police and race discrimination. they held rallies and protests. this is advocacy. this is political advocacy. this is extreme and radical advocacy. this is not legal representation. they even went so far as to travel to france, to hold multiple rallies for abu-jamal. the french had already named a street after abu-jamal in a suburb of paris. this prompted the house of representatives in 2006 to vote 368-31 to condemn the murder of officer daniel faulkner and to earth the french town to -- and to urge the french town to change that street name. after phaging those flames of racial tension in the court of public opinion, adegbile pressed aggressive arguments on flais our courts of law. thankfully, the state and federal courts rejected those arguments. under adegbile you the l.d.f. initially argued in court that abu-jamal's death sentence should be overturned because he believed there should have been more for instance on -- after cang americans on abu-jamal's jury
that press release also said, "mumia ab abu-jamal's death sentence are religionics of a time and place that was notorious for police and race discrimination. they held rallies and protests. this is advocacy. this is political advocacy. this is extreme and radical advocacy. this is not legal representation. they even went so far as to travel to france, to hold multiple rallies for abu-jamal. the french had already named a street after abu-jamal in a suburb of paris. this prompted the house...
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i think that has been what has dominate ad lot of press could have religion and a lot of discouragement. i think they have been particularly frustrating discussions, precisely as ambassador dobbins noted because the vast majority of international experts working in afghanistan, officials working in afghanistan i know, certainly think the bilateral security agreement is in the interests of afghanistan as well as the interests of the u.s. and international community, that it is essential for increasing prospects for a stable and peaceful future. but equally i do, the vast majority of afghans i know feel that and i'm hoping. some of focus we not just focus on bsa but importance of relationship beyond the bsa. we're fortunate to have a very distinguished panel of experts with us today. we deliberately decided to choose prominent american and international officials and experts working on afghanistan to talk about the importance, again, the challenge that is but also the opportunities and importance of a longer term engagement in afghanistan with the hopes some of this will be transmitted. w
i think that has been what has dominate ad lot of press could have religion and a lot of discouragement. i think they have been particularly frustrating discussions, precisely as ambassador dobbins noted because the vast majority of international experts working in afghanistan, officials working in afghanistan i know, certainly think the bilateral security agreement is in the interests of afghanistan as well as the interests of the u.s. and international community, that it is essential for...
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afghans may be divided by ethnicity, language and religion but they don't seem to be experiencing gridlock, and the current presidential campaign is not, does not evidence polarization but rather the opposite. as public debates are surfacing more agreement than discord on all of the major issues facing that country. according to a recent asia foundation survey 76% of afghans believe they are better off today than they were under the taliban. again i think the american figures for americans would be much lower. and it is easy to see why the afghans feel this way. between 2000 two and 2012. , afghanistan experienced a greater improvement in health, in education, and in overall standard of living than did any other country in the world as measured bit u.n. development program. in education, literacy has increased from 12% of the population to 30%. in 2002 an estimated 900,000 boys were in school and virtually no girls. today there are over 10 million in school, nearly 40% of whom are girls. the number of teachers has increased from 20,000 in 2002 to 175,000 today. higher education has also bo
afghans may be divided by ethnicity, language and religion but they don't seem to be experiencing gridlock, and the current presidential campaign is not, does not evidence polarization but rather the opposite. as public debates are surfacing more agreement than discord on all of the major issues facing that country. according to a recent asia foundation survey 76% of afghans believe they are better off today than they were under the taliban. again i think the american figures for americans...
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president dismissed those who opposed his candidacy in 2008 as -- quote -- "people who cling to guns or religion" or have -- quote -- "antipathy toward people who aren't like them." when i served in the house of representatives in 2009 speaker nancy pelosi said in a town hall meeting in august of this year that those with concerns about obamacare, those with concerns about obamacare were -- quote -- "un-american." no one has the right to determine whose believes are american or un-american. certainly no one in the united states house of representatives or the united states senate. it's troubling that there is a reflexive reaction in congress to label critics as unloyal. recognizing disagreement is part of the decision-making process of our democracy and arpful die long between all americans is critical to a well-functioning republic. certainly anything short of that is not worthy, is not worthy of the senate floor. i'm weary of the repeated attempted to distract the american people from the rollout and poor performance of obamacare. this week "the new york times" poll -- new york/cbs poll found
president dismissed those who opposed his candidacy in 2008 as -- quote -- "people who cling to guns or religion" or have -- quote -- "antipathy toward people who aren't like them." when i served in the house of representatives in 2009 speaker nancy pelosi said in a town hall meeting in august of this year that those with concerns about obamacare, those with concerns about obamacare were -- quote -- "un-american." no one has the right to determine whose believes...